So what's striking? A helluva lot. Dizzying guitar workouts in the second part of 'On the Horizon' to start - Norwegian guitarist vocalist composer Hedvig Mollestad here with the reliably audacious 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Broad brush strokes provide handsome themes. And yet it's the sprawling detail and ferocious dervish quality of this proggish orchestrated album that is even better. On the zany blink and you'd miss it 'Salt Peanuts' riffing 'Donna Ovis Peppa' you get just one of many scenic detours. Zappa fans won't be the only ones to thrill to the driving beat of 'All Flights Cancelled'. The intimacy of motherhood is a strong feature on 'Maternity Beat' and again lots of airguitar-along-to rockist and quasi-choral pomp on 'Maternity Suite' are all part of an exhilarating formula. Hedvig Mollestad and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra photo: press
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